Edmund Wong MIMS Final Project 2007 Advisor: Professor Kimiko Ryokai LifesterBlog

2 Overview Blogging service Social networking site +

3 Problem Statement Bloggers would like to share a wide array of multimedia content … … but this remains to be a challenge to most blog hosting services

4 Target Users Primary focus: –18-25 years old young adults in Hong Kong –2.5 million bloggers Next steps: –Expand to the rest of Asia China, Japan, Korea… –Europe and the United States

5 Multimedia TextPhotoVideoMusic

6 Integration with Web Services

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9 Privacy Control Every content (e.g. post, photo, video, music, book) can be assigned an access level

10 Customization Choose from pre-defined web layouts with a single click

11 Customization Allow users to uniquely customize their blogs

12 Social Networking Connect with friends and families Create groups and meet people with similar interests

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